Entry for March 12, 2007

Okay, so in case you wondered, I am a possum married to an armadillo with a large array of suthern delicasies to my credit.
The picture is of Saturday morning with the fog and all, taken from my hill toward the south.
Today was Jon's birthday. I've thought about him all day. He's 20. I don't have his current address. He's in the navy, perhaps he's in San Diego now. Last time I asked for it, my daughter said "yeah, I'll send it." I've got some funny and serious stories about the lad. Some I offered last october when he was headed for basic. Some are a little too personal to tell in a public forum.

My youngest daughter is two years two days older than he is. Here he is with his aunt Amanda (left) and two of his cousins at last year's Christmas Party. Boy they were a lively group!
I woke late this morning - a little before 8 AM. Blame it on the time change. I really couldn't sleep last night and so worked on a story I've been contemplating and writing on for a couple of years. Anyway, it was a beautiful day even though it did get pretty warm for March. I planted and transplanted bulbs, and worked on a bed I'm preparing for my irises. They're getting choked and are in the way where they've been for the past two years. So I'm piling up a rock wall and going to put in some better dirt for them and hope for the best. My mom is like the queen of gardening and she seemed to think this would work okay.
I had two students finishing up work for an art competition come this afternoon. Both had missed at least once and I missed one week during my mother-in-law's final days. But the work is due this week so we worked a couple of hours and both finished well. Now comes the waiting on judges and such. I came in from the hill to eat a bite and rest a moment before the students were to be here. There I sat in my sweats, filthy, tired, the room not prepared, just getting ready to clean up, change and get prepared when the phone rang. They were here, and the studio door was locked. Yeah, I looked bad, smelled bad and was unprepared and started them early anyway.
Tonight was the artist's forum. Everyone had the blah's though we did get some good news about the accomplishments of a couple of our members. So tomorrow my work week really starts. It was a quiet, soft day. Monday is my day. This Monday was Jon's day as well.
Happy birthday Jon.